Rana Ayyub in conversation with Siddharth Varadarajan
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Times Now First Denies Airing Doctored Video, Then Concedes it Did
BY SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN ON Times Now’s Doctored video showing JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar had raised anti-India slogans Times Now has accused The Wire of running a “factually inaccurate” story about the showing of a doctored video on the channel. The charge is laughable. The story in question is an article by me, published on February 19, 2016 titled On Kanhaiya: It is Time to Stand Up and Be Counted. … Continue reading Times Now First Denies Airing Doctored Video, Then Concedes it Did
The onus is now on the Leader himself – Siddharth Varadarajan
As he savoured the sweet taste of a journey that has taken him all the way from the crimsoned streets of 2002 to an arresting ceremony on the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, PM Narendra Modi could be forgiven for wondering whether the road from here on is likely to be just as tortuous. His pre-swearing-in statement spoke of “minimum government, maximum governance” and … Continue reading The onus is now on the Leader himself – Siddharth Varadarajan
The promise, and peril, of Modi’s mandate – Siddharth Vardarajan
If the struggle of Narendra Modi for power is the struggle of forgetting over memory, his victory represents a collective leap towards an uncertain future. Mr Modi’s remarkable election campaign may have been fuelled by unprecedented sums of money and magnified by the logic of the first-past-the-post system — which converted a 12 percentage point difference in vote share with the Congress … Continue reading The promise, and peril, of Modi’s mandate – Siddharth Vardarajan
Of Hindus, Indians and Modi’s refugee stumble – Siddharth Vardarajan
Ever since Narendra Modi’s Silchar speech in February when he said “harassed” Hindus from not just Bangladesh but the rest of the world had the right to come back to India, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been tying itself in knots over the issue. Under Modi’s influence, the party manifesto released on April 7 said, “India shall remain a natural home for persecuted Hindus … Continue reading Of Hindus, Indians and Modi’s refugee stumble – Siddharth Vardarajan
If Narendra Modi wins – Siddharth Vardarajan
What can India and the world expect if Narendra Modi, the self-styled “Hindu nationalist” who is front-runner in the elections, ends up winning a plurality of seats when results are declared on May 16? The conventional answer is that this depends less on the man and what he represents, than on the scale of his victory. If he … Continue reading If Narendra Modi wins – Siddharth Vardarajan
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